With such a wide variation among the tanners, the daily mood pretty much depends on who one talks to. Listing the positives on one side and the negatives on the other, however, the negatives list is longer. As usual, the situation is not equally shared and the situation around the globe is not the same. While the European upholstery tanners are the biggest complainers today, business with Chinese buyers of furniture upholstery is still reasonably steady and the sales of quality dairy cows at a certain price seem to remain pretty constant for the time being. While in Europe shoe and leather goods tanners are still reasonably busy, the Asian market for these items is rather quiet. Automotive still seems to be linked to models and makers and some are busy while others are far less so. All this is pretty seasonal, but it is early days.

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